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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Joel Hatch
Joel Hatch
Stimme und Gesang
'Come From Away' Company
'Come From Away' Company
Chor
Alec Berlin
Alec Berlin
Akustische Gitarre
Astrid Van Wieren
Astrid Van Wieren
Stimme und Gesang
Ben Power
Ben Power
Flöte
Carl Carter
Carl Carter
Bass
Chad Kimball
Chad Kimball
Stimme und Gesang
Chris Ranney
Chris Ranney
Assistent:in des:der Dirigent:in
Ian Eisendrath
Ian Eisendrath
Dirigent:in
Jenn Colella
Jenn Colella
Stimme und Gesang
Kendra Kassebaum
Kendra Kassebaum
Stimme und Gesang
Larry Lelli
Larry Lelli
Schlagzeug
Lee MacDougall
Lee MacDougall
Stimme und Gesang
Nate Lueck
Nate Lueck
Mandoline
Q Smith
Q Smith
Stimme und Gesang
Rodney Hicks
Rodney Hicks
Stimme und Gesang
Sharon Wheatley
Sharon Wheatley
Stimme und Gesang
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Irene Sankoff
Irene Sankoff
Komponist:in
David Hein
David Hein
Komponist:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
David Lai
David Lai
Produzent:in
Andrew Doidge
Andrew Doidge
Aufnahmeingenieurassistent:in
Derik Lee
Derik Lee
Mischtechniker:in
Ian Kagey
Ian Kagey
Aufnahmeingenieur:in
Phil Hotz
Phil Hotz
Aufnahmeingenieurassistent:in

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
One, two, a-one-two-three-four
[Verse 2]
Welcome to the friends who have come from away
Welcome to the locals who have always said they'd stay
If you're comin' from Toledo or you're comin' from Taipei
Because we come from everywhere, we all come from away
[Verse 3]
Welcome to the Rock
[Verse 4]
An Islander, I am an islander
I'm an islander, I am an islander
I'm an islander, I am an islander
I'm an islander, I am an islander
[Verse 5]
Welcome to our island with its inlets and its bays
You could keep on heading east, but there's an ocean in the way
Where everything is meant to be, but nothing goes as planned
And the drunkest fellas in the room are playin' in the band
[Verse 6]
Welcome to the Rock
[Verse 7]
With all the new security
Kids aren't even allowed up into the cockpit anymore
Of course, on my retirement flight
I brought my whole family into the cockpit on our way back to Gander
[Verse 8]
I came back with the scholarship money we raised
Now worth over a million dollars
[Verse 9]
I bring out the Irish Whiskey and we have ourselves a toast
[Verse 10]
Nick and I just couldn't make the long distance relationship work
[Verse 11]
So, I moved to Texas, and then I proposed
[Verse 12]
And we honeymooned in Newfoundland
[Verse 13]
My new secretary's name is Robin
[Verse 14]
What's up?
[Verse 15]
Every year on September eleventh, I close my office
And give each employee one hundred dollars
To go and do random good deeds for strangers
It's my way of remembering what happened
[Verse 16]
Beulah and I still keep in touch
She even came to visit me in New York
And I'll still phone her if I hear a really stupid joke
Beulah, why are Newfoundlanders terrible at knock-knock jokes?
[Verse 17]
I don't know, Hannah
[Verse 18]
Well, try it, I'll be a Newfoundlander
[Verse 19]
Knock-knock
[Verse 20]
Come on in, the door's open
[Verse 21]
The donation we are most honored by just arrived today
[Verse 22]
It's about four meters long and twelve hundred kilograms
[Verse 23]
Newfoundland is the only place outside the United States
We're we share the steel from the World Trade Center
[Verse 24]
On the northeast tip of North America
On an island called Newfoundland, there's an airport
And next to it is a town called Gander
Tonight, we honor what was lost
But, we also commemorate what we found
[Verse 25]
You are here, at the start of a moment
On the edge of the world where the river meets the sea
Here on the edge of the Atlantic
On an island in between there and here
[Verse 26]
I'm an islander, I am an islander
I'm an islander, I am an islander
There and here
I'm an islander, I am an islander
I'm an islander, I am an islander
There and here
I'm an islander, I am an islander
I'm an islander, I am an islander
[Verse 27]
Welcome to the bog, welcome to the trees
A kiss and a cod and whatever's in between
To the ones who've left, you're never truly gone
Our candle's in the window and the kettle's always on
[Verse 28]
To the coves and the caves
And the people from the planes
[Verse 29]
Five days
[Verse 30]
Nineteen animals
[Verse 31]
And seven thousand strays
[Verse 32]
I'm an islander, I am an islander
When the Sun is setting and it's darker than the north
I'm an islander, I am an islander
If you're hopin' for a harbor, then you'll find an open door
In the winter from the water to whatever's in the waves
I'm an islander, I am an islander
To the ones who have come from away, we say
[Verse 33]
We say, welcome to the
[Verse 34]
Welcome to the, welcome to the
Welcome to the, welcome to the
Welcome to the, welcome to the rock
Written by: David Hein, Irene Sankoff
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